Archaeologists have long thought that monumental architecture — large, human-built structures that emphasize visibility — ...

While laughter is often considered uniquely human, tied to language and sense of humor, all great apes produce remarkably ...

The Matson Museum of Anthropology has reopened in a new space in the recently built Susan Welch Liberal Arts Building, and ...

The ancient Egyptian potter lived about 4,500 years ago. It's hoped his DNA will open the way to a better understanding of ...

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has held its maiden public lecture with a call on Africans to prioritise internal unity as a foundation for the ...

Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy, was long believed to be absent from the Americas prior to European contact. A new ...

Gene expression, where cells use the genetic information encoded in DNA to produce proteins, has been thought of as a dimmer light.

Minted in Peru in 1707, the money bolsters the evidence that the wreck is the Spanish ship "San José," which sank off the ...

Ancient footprints challenge the timeline of human arrival in North America, suggesting people were here much earlier than ...

A research team led by the University of the Basque Country has identified hundreds of molecular markers in saliva that could ...

A succession of powerful solar eruptions in early May last year triggered the most powerful solar storm to hit Earth in 20 ...